War Dancer wins the 2014 Louisville Handicap.
Photo: Reed Palmer Photography, Churchill Downs
War Dancer wins the 2014 Louisville Handicap.
Photo: Reed Palmer Photography, Churchill Downs
War Dancer wins the 2014 Louisville Handicap.
Photo: Reed Palmer Photography, Churchill Downs
War Dancer wins the 2014 Louisville Handicap.
Photo: Reed Palmer Photography, Churchill Downs
War Dancer wins the 2014 Louisville Handicap.
Photo: Reed Palmer Photography, Churchill Downs
War Dancer wins the 2014 Louisville Handicap.
Photo: Reed Palmer Photography, Churchill Downs
War Dancer wins the 2014 Louisville Handicap.
Photo: Reed Palmer Photography, Churchill Downs
War Dancer wins the 2014 Louisville Handicap.
Photo: Reed Palmer Photography, Churchill Downs
War Dancer wins the 2014 Louisville Handicap.
Photo: Reed Palmer Photography, Churchill Downs
War Dancer wins the 2013 Virginia Derby.
Photo: Coady Photography
War Dancer wins the 2013 Virginia Derby.
Photo: Coady Photography
War Dancer wins the 2013 Virginia Derby.
Photo: Coady Photography| Trainer | Kenneth G. McPeek |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Alan Garcia |
| Owner | Diamond M Stable |
| Breeder | Cherry Valley Farm, LLC & Stuart S. Janney, III, LLC |
| War Dancer View Five-Cross Pedigree | War Front | Danzig |
| Starry Dreamer | ||
| Deed I Do | Alydeed | |
| Shepherd's Moon |
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEENOV2010 Hip 2329 |
Weanling | B&B Stables | Claiborne Farm, agent | $25,000 |
| FTSAUG2011 Hip 108 |
Yearling | Kenneth McPeek, agent | Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency, agent | $220,000 |
Donegal Racing's Finnegans Wake tallied his first stakes victory in a thriller July 12, getting his head in front of fast-finishing Admiral Kitten at the wire to win the Arlington Handicap (gr. IIIT).
After an intense duel down the Churchill Downs stretch, odds-on favorite War Dancer thrust his head in front of Suntracer at the finish line and won the Louisville Handicap (gr. IIIT) May 24.
War Dancer, winner of the 2013 Virginia Derby (gr. IIT) and runner-up in last month's Elkhorn (gr. IIT) at Keeneland, is the 118-pound highweight May 24 in the Louisville Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs.
After plodding along near the back of the field, Unitarian unleashed an energetic burst of speed down Keeneland's turf course and won the Dixiana Elkhorn Stakes (gr. IIT) April 25.
Stella Perdomo's 7-year-old gelding Forte Dei Marmi has the distinction of being the only grade I winner in the full 14-horse field set for the April 26 Dixiana Elkhorn Stakes (gr. II) at Keeneland.
Landaluce Educe Stables' Rosalind, dead-heat winner with Room Service of the Central Bank Ashland Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland, worked five furlongs in :58 4/5 over the Lexington oval's Polytrack April 19.
Nikki's Sandcastle and Csaba, both seeking a return to winning ways, share co-high weight of 123 pounds in the $100,000 Skip Away Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park March 29.
Admiral Kitten will take on familiar foes Stormy Len, Jack Milton, and War Dancer when he aims for his second grade I win in the $500,000 Jamaica Handicap Oct. 5 at Belmont Park.
They've risen to the top of the 3-year-old division with definitive performances in some of the nation's biggest races. Now, North America's best sophomores--Orb, Verrazano, and Palice Malice--face off Aug. 24 at Saratoga.
Well, it's good for a straight win bet, an exacta bet, or a trifecta bet. Those are all the ways you can possibly cash a big ticket in Saturday's Travers Stakes if you play War Dancer. read blog
Orb, winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), turned in a sharp half-mile work in a bullet :47.68 Aug. 19 in preparation for the Aug. 24 Travers Stakes (gr. I), the fastest of 28 works at the distance.
Both trainer Ken McPeek and regular rider Alan Garcia were pleased with the way War Dancer performed in his final breeze Aug. 17 prior to the Travers Stakes (gr. I). Frac Daddy was also on the tab.
Todd Pletcher, who could saddle the top two choices in the Travers Stakes, sent star 3-year-olds Palace Maliceand Verrazano out for easy half-mile breezes in :49,02 and :49.05, respectively, Aug. 11.
War Dancer got the bob in a three-way photo finish July 13 at Colonial Downs, overpowering hard-running Charming Kitten and staving off the late-flying Jack Milton to get victory in the $500,000 Virginia Derby (gr. IIT).
The 16th running of the $500,000 Virginia Derby (gr. IIT) July 13 at Colonial Downs brings together a varied field of competitors, and quite a few of them share the same bloodlines.
Several horses that have performed well recently in graded stakes will meet June 15 in the $200,000 Centaur Stakes for 3-year-olds at one mile on the grass at Indiana Downs.
Favored Noble Tune, saving all the ground for Javier Castellano, fired through an opening along the hedge to register an easy victory in the $234,200 American Turf Stakes (gr. IIT) May 3 at Churchill Downs.
Trainer Chad Brown brings 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf runner-up Noble Tune to the May 3 American Turf (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs after making a decision not to run him in the Toyota Blue Grass (gr. I).
Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Animal Kingdom and Java's War, who is being pointed to this year's Louisville classic, are among the U.S.-trained horses being considered for Royal Ascot.
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